Imaging Engineer
Location: US, NY, New York
Department: Engineering
Employment type: Full-time
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
About the CompanyAviary makes the world’s best photo editor. It’s used in more than 6,000 apps, including our own, which is a Top 100 app on both iOS and Android. Each month, more than 65 million people actively use our products.The Aviary team is on a mission to democratize creativity. The company was founded by the creators of Worth1000, who have always been obsessed with the idea of turning everyone in the world into artists. We are 25 people based in New York and financially backed by leading investors including Spark Capital, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Aviary is well positioned to lead the next generation of creative companies.Aviary has a highly team-driven company culture. Everyone in the company is great to work with and contributes meaningfully to the overall company direction. As one might expect, we are a creative group inside of work and out: whether it’s painting, improv comedy, bagpipes, or karaoke, our team members have diverse and interesting passions. We keep our culture startup-friendly to the core (ping-pong tables, free lunches and party games abound) and plan to keep it that way forever, whether we are 25 people or thousands.Why work at Aviary?We build beautiful photo editing software that can be used in any application. We're a small, creative team and we're passionate about powering the world's creativity. If you're an awesome person who wants to help us achieve that goal, we'd love to hear from you!Working with usYou'll work in a fast-paced startup environment, full of challenges and new opportunities. We can promise with complete confidence that you will never be bored.Share a workspace with a variety of creative, interesting people with a huge range of weird hobbies.Great location for commuters: our windows literally overlook Madison Square Garden. We may or may not have tried projecting our website onto MSG. (We totally did. It totally worked.)Our conference table doubles as a pool table. Plus, we have heated matches of ping pong, foosball, and Fifa to help get the creative juices flowing!PerksWe want a happy, healthy, and creative team. We know you can't have that without real work/life balance and plenty of perks. To that end, we offer:Competitive salaries, full medical/dental insurance, tons of paid vacation, and an ample budget to customize a top-notch workstation to your heart’s content.All the free coffee and snacks you can consume. Fully stocked fridge. Catered team lunches four days a week.Constant learning. Coding workshops, company-sponsored educational courses, and genius coworkers who show each other new things every day.

Job description:
We're looking for an exceptional Imaging Engineer. You should be passionate and knowledgeable about Math, Science, Code, Life, the Universe, and Everything. You'll be working with our lead Effects Engineer to develop new and exciting algorithms for upcoming photo editing features. You'll also get to work with our platform engineers to bring your code to life to millions through iOS, Android, WP7, W8, and the web (HTML5 canvas).We need a top-tier technologist who understands general coding best practices and has worked on multiple platforms and languages before. Must be both self-reliant in working through problems and work well as a collaborative part of a larger development team. You love playing with numbers and see the world through a mathematical lens. You have extremely strong problem solving skills and live for the thrill of crafting clear, concise, and beautiful solutions to complicated problems.ResponsibilitiesDevelop and implement image effects and tools for our cross-platform image editor.Write beautiful self-documenting code that others can easily read and adapt.Participate in regular code reviews.Communicate project status to manager in an accurate and detailed way.We'd love if you were experienced in (or passionate about) at least one of the following:Image processing / Machine Vision / Computer VisionComputer GraphicsSignal ProcessingStatistics, Data AnalysisPhysics / Mathematical PhysicsPhysically based simulationsAny kind of visual Art formMachine Learning / Data MiningDeploying consumer-facing apps that make creative use of imagesWriting client-server applicationsWebGL / OpenGL / OpenCL

Requirements:
Background in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or similarSelf-reliant creator and experimenterProficient in at least one compiled language and one scripting language (preferably C and Javascript)Quick adoption of new systems and languagesSuperb communicatorExcellent command of written and spoken EnglishMust be an expert in the field of Lego Sciences in order to get along with our imaging team

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